Title: SLAMMED
Author: Colleen Hoover
ISBN: 9781471125676
Publisher: Simon and Schuster UK
Pages: 352
Source: Private copy
Layken’s father died suddenly, leaving her to gather every ounce of strength to be a pillar for her family, in order to prevent their world from falling apart. Now her life is taking another unexpected turn…
Layken’s mother gets a job which leads to an unwanted move across country. However, a new home means new neighbours… and Layken’s new neighbour is the very attractive Will Cooper.
Will has an intriguing passion for slam poetry and a matching passion for life. The two feel an irresistible attraction but are rocked to the core when a shocking revelation brings their romance to a screeching halt.
Layken and Will must find a way to fight the forces that threaten to tear them apart… or learn to live without each other.
Official Summary
21 September 2022
Leave it to Colleen Hoover to make me an emotional mess for the second time within a week. I had just finished Layla then I decided this one had been sitting on my shelf a lot longer than Layla had so it only seemed fair that I finally read it.
Considering this is Colleen Hoover’s debut novel it was amazing, it still had that CoHo feel that all her other books have.
This book follows Layken who moves with her mother and younger brother to a new city, after her father’s death. She soon meets Will, her new neighbour whom she immediately falls in love with. However, they soon realise there are obstacles standing in their way.
I will say the whole power imbalance between Will and Layken aside my least favourite thing about the book is the instant love aspect. Within five minutes of their first date, they are already in love with each other which is not my cup of tea.
I loved the relationship between the two little brothers. I also loved Eddie she was such a good friend to Lake and I loved her character overall.
What killed me in this book was all the plot twists and everything that Lake had gone through with her family and all the hardship she will still have to go through. Honestly, the whole storyline with her mother was just plain sad.
I would recommend this book to anyone looking for a cute and quick read.
Also by Colleen Hoover
Regretting You
Morgan Grant and her sixteen-year-old daughter, Clara, would like nothing more than to be nothing alike.
Morgan is determined to prevent her daughter from making the same mistakes she did. By getting pregnant and married way too young, Morgan put her dreams on hold. Clara doesn’t want to follow in her mother’s footsteps. Her predictable mother doesn’t have a spontaneous bone in her body.
With warring personalities and conflicting goals, Morgan and Clara find it increasingly difficult to coexist. The only person who can bring peace to the household is Chris—Morgan’s husband, Clara’s father, and the family anchor. But that peace is shattered when Chris is involved in a tragic and questionable accident. The heart-breaking and long-lasting consequences will reach far beyond just Morgan and Clara.
While struggling to rebuild everything that crashed around them, Morgan finds comfort in the last person she expects to, and Clara turns to the one boy she’s been forbidden to see. With each passing day, new secrets, resentment, and misunderstandings make mother and daughter fall further apart. So far apart, it might be impossible for them to ever fall back together
About The Author
Author Bio from the Author’s Site
Colleen Hoover is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of twenty-two novels and novellas. Hoover’s novels fall into the New Adult and Young Adult contemporary romance categories, as well as psychological thriller.
Colleen Hoover is published by Montlake Romance and Atria Books. Colleen also has several indie titles, including her psychological thriller, Verity.
In 2015, Colleen’s novel CONFESS won the Goodreads Choice Award for Best Romance. That was followed up in 2016 with her latest title, It Ends With Us, also winning the Choice Award for Best Romance. In 2017, her title WITHOUT MERIT won best romance.
Her novel CONFESS has been filmed as a series by Awestruck and is available on Prime Video via Amazon and iTunes. Katie Leclerc and Ryan Cooper star in the series.
Colleen founded The Bookworm Box, a charity subscription service and bookstore, with her family in 2015. The Bookworm Box is a subscription service that provides readers with an exciting opportunity to receive signed novels in the mail each month from authors all over the world. All profits from the subscription service are donated to various charities each month. The Bookworm Box has donated over $1,000,000 to help those in need.
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